Second Vegas Casino Robbed at Gunpoint

A second MGM-owned Las Vegas casino has been hit by a brazen thief in as many months, with the New York-New York casino the target this time – an armed man holding up a cash cage at the popular gambling venue on South Las Vegas Boulevard.

It follows a daylight robbery at the Bellagio in late November, which saw a masked gunman rob the poker cage – just feet away from tables full of players, including actor James Woods – the robber fleeing the scene in a silver Chevrolet Cruze and still at large.

In the latest robbery, LasVegasNow report that ‘the suspect, armed with a handgun, robbed the casino cage of the New York-New York around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday’, with New York – New York’s parent company MGM Resorts International releasing the following statement:

"No one was harmed, and the suspect fled the building.  Metro is investigating.  All operations are running normally."

Police described the suspect –seen in the video below -  as:

"A black male, around 30 to 35 years old, wearing a black beanie cap, black hooded jacket, dark jeans, black shoes, black mechanic gloves and black rimmed glasses."

Local reports state that neither the police nor the casino have released information on how much money was taken in the two robberies, although last year they revealed that a local pastor, Gregory Bolusan, attempted to rob Penn National Gaming’s M Resort casino of about $33,000 – in what police claim was his 3rd attempt to rob the place in just 3 months.

As Brian Pempus of Cardplayer.com wrote at the time, ‘The first incident was unsuccessful’ but that ‘in September, he again appeared armed when demanding cash from the cage, but this time he made off with about $30,000.’

Pempus added that for the third robbery, ‘Bolusan again made little effort to differentiate himself from the previous times’ and ‘parked his car in the exact same spot as the other two incidents and entered the exact same doors of the casino as before’ although his luck ran out as ‘this time casino security staff were waiting for him, and police later showed up to take him into custody.’